Brian McFadden - Exclusive (Delta & Kerry)
Taken from: Heat, January 2005

So, Brian, why has it taken you so long to tell everyone about your relationship with Delta?
It hasn't really. We've only been going out for three weeks so it's still really early days.

Just three weeks?
Yeah. I wasn't unfaithful to Kerry. I didn't see Delta in that way until the Royal Variety Show.

But Kerry's family are saying that you told her you'd been seeing Delta for a while...
I haven't. Up until that show I never thought about Delta in a romantic way. She was always wearing tracksuits and we were recording. It was work. At the Royal Variety she was wearing a lovely dress and she looked stunning, but that was the first time I thought about it. At the aftershow party I snogged her.

So was it you who made the first move?
Yeah, I did.

Was it a drunken snog?
I don't think she was too drunk but I was a bit.

But how did it happen?
I just fancied her and we ended up snogging. That was it really.

So you and Delta are an item now then?
Yeah, we are an item but I don't want to say what's going to happen. I don't even know yet because in four weeks' time she is going to America and I'm going to be in the UK.

Come on, Brian. She's your girlfriend isn't she?
OK, she is my girlfriend, but it's early days...

So are you in love?
I'm not going to say. Sorry. I'm not being rude, I just don't want everyone to know how I feel this time around.

So it's not love at first sight?
Who knows? You know what, even if I knew I wouldn't say. I don't want to be in the papers saying I love someone.

But you are happy at the moment?
Very, very happy now.

On the video shoto back in November it looked like there was chemistry...
At the video shoot it was too awkward for there to be any chemistry. It was the first time I'd seen Delta since recording the song and it was awkward because of all the speculation about us. We didn't know how to act around each other.

But then you went on holiday together three weeks ago and there were pictures of you looking very smitten. Did you want to tell the world that you were an item?
No, not at all. Exactly the opposite. It was a private holiday with friends just enjoying myself - I didn't want any pictures to be taken at all. Especially of my naked body after Christmas! Delta certainly didn't want that to happen - she is a very private person.

Had you and Deltabeen planning the holiday for a while?
I had booked the holiday ages ago with my friends, but it wasn't until after the Royal Variety show that I asked Delta if she wanted to come. She didn't have any plans so she said yes. She met me there because she had been staying with her parents before that.

Apart from that dress that night, what else attracted you to Delta?
She's just an amazing person. I really like her as a person and she makes me very happy. She is the first person I've been physically attracted to since the break-up.

It;s quite early days since the break-up with Kerry. Is it quite weird?
Yeah, it is a bit. I don't know... I don't know if it's weird, but I think, to be honest with you, the weird thing is everyone else's reaction to it. It's weird because this is the first person I've been with, so it just seems that people are putting some negative spin on it.

Maybe because Kerry has been so open about the way she feels...
There's a lot of things going on that I'd never speak about. Things aren't always as they seem. There's all these negative accusations but I don't know why, I just think, especially for the kids, she should have more respect. I just want to move on.

Is Delta with you in LA now?
Yeah, she is. We have been writing and recording music.

For your album or hers?
A bit of both really.

So you're spending a lot of time together?
Yeah, we will be, and for the last couple of weeks we've been in LA, so, yeah.

What will happen after this month? Will she go back to Australia and you stay here. Or will you follow her?
She will be going to America because her next project is to crack America.

Will you go with her?
No, I'm not going to America.

In that case do you think you can make it last?
Who knows? It's too early. It's only been a couple of weeks...

But you'd like to?
Yeah, but it really is too early. It's early days.

Can you talk me through your next month?
Well I'm back in the UK tomorrow and then we'll be doing promotional work. Then we'll be going to Europe, to Germany, where we'll do award shows. As soon as we finish I think she goes to Australia and then she goes to America.

Will you go with her to Australia then?
No.

So you two are going your separate ways in a month. Is that something you've discussed? Is that a worry for you?
Yeah, we did discuss it but not in that kind of way. We're just taking every day as it comes and seeing what happens. It's been a difficult year for both of us.

Is there a bit of you that is worried about being apart from Delta?
I'll be honest with you, I'm not looking forward to it because we are getting on really well and she's making me very happy. But at the end of the day we have discussed that our careers come first at the moment. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. It's only been a couple of weeks - you just don't know.

But back to Kerry. Her family are saying that you phoned her on Christmas Eve and broke the news of your relationship with Delta.
She phoned me. I'm so disappointed in Kerry. She phoned me to see how the kids were as I had them for Christmas, and at the end of the phone call she asked me if I had snogged anyone, and I told her the truth. I said, "Yes, Delta." It was at that point that she started to get funny with me. I have always been honest with her. She asked me a question and I told her the truth.

But on Christmas Eve...
She asked me... I'm not going to lie to her.

Are you and Kerry now on speaking terms?
We don't speak any more. Not since Christmas. Not since she started saying all this stuff. She should have some respect. All she seems to want to do is speak to me through the papers anyway. All I wanted was for us to be friends. She's really disappointed me. I wanted there to be some dignity. You don't hear my family saying things about Kerry, yet she feels the need to speak to me through her family to the press. I would have thought even if she didn't have any respect for me she would for the kids.

What do you think will happen with the kids if you two aren't talking?
It's only been a problem for the last two weeks. I'm going to go and get the kids when I get back from here. I'll have to speak to Kerry to speak to the kids but our friendship has gone now. It's something I really, really wanted - to remain friends.

Kerry just seems still very much in love with you...
I don't know how she can say she is still in love with me after telling me a couple of weeks after we split that she had a new boyfriend.

Wasn't that just to make you jealous?
Well, if so that's just sick. I definitely wouldn't be jealous after hearing about her sleeping with people.

When you told Kerry about delta on Christmas Eve did she go mad?
Yeah, it was weird. She asked me if I'd snogged anybody and I said yes, and then after the phone call she texted me saying, "I can't believe you told me on Christmas Eve." I just thought, why did you ask me then? I was just being honest with her.

Is it hard for you? After all, she is the mother of your kids. It must be hard to see her so depressed. She is desperately thin and clearly very unhappy. Is she not just a heartbroken woman who doesn't know what else to do?
Yeah, I understand that, but you know, I was there for her when she went into The Priory. I gave her everything. There are a lot more issues. If we'd stayed together we would both have been unhappy. She can't keep saying these things you know. She's had another boyfriend, she's been with different guys.

It's Lily Sue's birthday next month, what will happen?
Er, we haven't discussed it yet, but it's more than likely that she'll be with Kerry as I had the kids for Christmas and then I'll have Molly on her birthday. Kerry and I certainly won't be spending her birthday together. My main priority is that the kids are always happy and they have a happy life.

Kerry's claiming that you haven't phoned home in over a week to see how the kids are?
That's ridiculous. I have tried calling every day but she won't answer her phone. I keep trying her mother. I leave messages and she says Kerry will call back but she never does. It's so frustrating. She just doesn't answer her mobile. It's really annoying. To be honest, that's the hardest thing. Kerry is making an issue out of all this. I had the kids for Christmas and whenever she called I let her speak to the kids. Anytime. She should have more respect. Especially for the children.

But how does Delta feel about it all. It must be hard as a new girlfriend when Kerry is in the press so much. Is she scared off by it?
No, Delta just really doesn't want to get involved. She just keeps her nose out. It's just sad that we had so many years and that it can be destroyed like this.

Will Delta meet the children?
Delta hasn't met the children yet. She hasn't even met my family. She's only met my friends when we were on holiday. She'll be in Ireland at the end of January for a TV show we're doing so I expect she'll meet them then.

It's a new relationship, it's a bit of a honeymoon period. After a long marriage that sadly went wrong it must be nice for you...
I'm just having a really good time. Especially with someone who shares all the same interests as me. It's nice to have someone to share that with. It's nice to have a companion.

Is there anything you want to add?
The main thing I want to stress to people after everything that's been said and written is that I have never lied to Kerry. My relationship with Delta started after the Royal Variety show. The most important thing for me is my kids now. I don't want to have a tit-for-tat with Kerry. I just want all these problems to go away